This makes me so mad. Our government is clearly a criminal organization. Our Constitution is meaningless at this point, and I think the only thing it ever did was persuade people not to fight back as criminals masquerade as authorities.

I wonder if, in addition to avoiding more years in prison, he also avoided something worse? I wonder if he had resisted, perhaps they would have used that as an opportunity to force other wallets to do what they say? Samurai Wallet stopped its development, but I don't hear anyone talking about Ashigaru seeking to continue with the development of that wallet.

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Bitcoin wallets generally use new addresses for each transactions, so saying that a Starbucks employee could see you net worth & full transaction history is straight up lying to the audience and the gullible reporter, unfairly hurting bitcoin outlook and public understanding for the sake of having his own tool look better. It's outrageous that the guy goes to jail, but I really don't like the way he communicates.

Lots of sympathy for them. I have signed the petition. One fact however I wish to point out hoping that this can help other developers: the two Samourai developers have been playing smart-asses with Govt, made announcements, sought visibility, which is exactly the opposite of what you should do. Even if they are right and did technically nothing illegal, you should be smart enough to understand that when you step out of the line on issues like "privacy-state money and power" and disrupt the "status-quo" of powers, regardless of whether you are within legal bounds or not, they will get you and make you pay one way or another. The point is, they acted stupid. Why do you think Satoshi disappeared knowing that other who tried to mess up the "money-state-power" paradigm have been jailed before? My advice is the same for any privacy tool developers, here on #nostr or in #bitcoin or #monero: keep under the radar, use pseudonyms, be uncompromisingly anonymous, do not show your face. And if you are not today think about disappearing officially for a while from the scene to get back later under a solid anonymous cover. In such "strategic areas" you never know if something which is legal today becomes illegal tomorrow and they will "retroactively" come and get you. Again, the law is flexible and who has the power will flex it as much as they want and when they want. Frank Lucas knew the rule nr. 1 was to keep a low profile. He broke that and was caught.

Lots of sympathy for them. I have signed the petition. One fact however I wish to point out hoping that this can help other developers: the two Samourai developers have been playing smart-asses with Govt, made announcements, sought visibility, which is exactly the opposite of what you should do. Even if they are right and did technically nothing illegal, you should be smart enough to understand that when you step out of the line on issues like "privacy-state money and power" and disrupt the "status-quo" of powers, regardless of whether you are within legal bounds or not, they will get you and make you pay one way or another. The point is, they acted stupid. Why do you think Satoshi disappeared knowing that other who tried to mess up the "money-state-power" paradigm have been jailed before? My advice is the same for any privacy tool developers, here on #nostr or in #bitcoin or #monero: keep under the radar, use pseudonyms, be uncompromisingly anonymous, do not show your face. And if you are not today think about disappearing officially for a while from the scene to get back later under a solid anonymous cover. In such "strategic areas" you never know if something which is legal today becomes illegal tomorrow and they will "retroactively" come and get you. Again, the law is flexible and who has the power will flex it as much as they want and when they want. Frank Lucas knew the rule nr. 1 was to keep a low profile. He broke that and was caught. #bitcoindollar #privacy #Plebs View quoted note →

Please deals are the new gestapo forced confession.

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Hope Samourai get released early, terrible for them and their families. Interesting how when bankers launder money they get fines only. No jail time. But when you make Bitcoin more private and don’t custody funds making it impossible to even be able to launder funds or be a money transmitter you end up behind bars, message is clear.

Weak... a samurai will not plead guilty. Will die in honor.